I went for a naked sauna and body scrub. There, I said it. Can’t take it back now. Wouldn’t want to. It was AMAZING. One of the items still on my to do list from last year was to visit a Jjimjilbang. For those not in the know, this is a traditional Korean sauna containing …
Continue reading The other stuff that didn’t involve masses of hiking…
Before we begin my ‘mini-series’ of blogs posts about my most recent sojourn to Korea, I feel it only fair to warn you that at least two of these posts (including this one) will be LONG and RAMBLING. If you have no interest what-so-ever in hearing about my EXO experience in excruciating detail from start …
OK, let me just level with you. I honestly, hand on heart, did not see myself updating this blog any time soon. And by that, I mean I didn’t plan on setting foot in Korea again for at least a year. However, as my trip firmly taught me, when opportunities arise, especially those ‘once in a …
The title of today’s blog comes from the ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’, a poem written by Lewis Carroll. Whenever I arrive at a time in my life when things are due to change in a large way, the opening line of this poem always comes to me. And indeed, the time has come for …
One of the best things about Seoul is the absolute plethora of parks that can be found in the city. More specifically, my two absolutely favourite types of park are those that are either up high, or right next to the river; the ones that make you instantly feel the open space around you. I …
Continue reading View from the ground and sky, books, and a trip to the cinema
Today marks the last of my travels here on Namhae Island. I will truly be sad to leave here, it really has been the highlight of my trip for me so far and I think will remain so. This will always be my happy place in Korea. And as if wanting to send me …
Today I was happy. From start to finish. I think there are limited days where we get to make a statement like that, but for me, today was one of them. And honestly, there wasn’t anything extravagant that happened. It was just one of those days when everything I wanted to happen, happened. Where everything …
I wake today with a mix of contrasting feelings that shouldn’t really go together, but somehow balance each other out; a sense of excitement and anticipation combined with an overarching sereneness that I’m not sure I’ve ever previously experienced. I just feel so calm and relaxed and joyful; this is totally at odds with how …
Continue reading A picturesque day – Seomi Garden and Darangyi Village
Before you read any further, I would like to preface the following few entries by telling you this; this part of my trip is perhaps the most special to me out of all of my time in Korea, and the main reason why I planned a road trip around the country in the first place …
This is the story of two very different hikes. They take place just one day apart and in two separate national parks. However, like a broken record I will repeat myself once again, they were both 100% worth the time, effort and energy to hike and each brought to me unique experiences and feelings that …
Continue reading A tale of two hikes – Taebaksan and Juwangsan
Kerry's Korean Quest 